Lisa Popcak is the vice president of the Pastoral Solutions Institute, a family-life coach, lactation consultant and professional educator. For more great parenting resources visit CatholicHOM.com.
Every year around holiday time kids' behavior disintegrates. Visiting with relatives is always the worst part. The kids are overstimulated at one house, then bored at another. Around the holidays they seem to morph into whiny, greedy little monsters. Is there a